Mineral resources and conflicts in DRC: A case of ecological fallacy?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 721-749

  Maystadt, Jean François ^a,b   De Luca, Giacomo ^b,c   Sekeris, Petros G ^d   Ulimwengu, John ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; ARMED FORCES; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INCENTIVE; MINERAL RESOURCE; MODEL VALIDATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 84902094639     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpt037     Document Type: Article

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